Project objective

Projec partners

The project counts seven partners in five countries, with leadership and PC-SOFC dedication.

Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ)

University of Oslo

SINTEF

Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)

French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)

Project work

EFFIPRO will develop electrolytes and electrodes for proton conducting solid oxide fuel cells (PC-SOFCs) based on novel LaNbO4-type and similar proton conducting oxides. The project aims to improve proton conductivity through doping strategies and interface engineering, investigating new classes of stable proton conducting oxides, and developing technologies for thin film electrolytes on suitable substrates.

It is the goal that PC-SOFCs will be available by 2020, accelerate the use of fuel cells, reduce CO2 emissions, and increase efficiency by 10% where applied, promote the hydrogen society, and be a dominating fuel cell technology.

Early applications expectedly comprise distributed power as well as auxiliary and general power needs in heavy transportation (ships, trucks) based on hydrogen or on-board reformed fossil fuels.